...Assuming no pick trading because no guarantee that the player you traded to pick would be picked by another team.

For the Sens I'd say the Methot trade worked out pretty well, Methots been a quality top 4 dman since he arrived and a steady partner for our superstar dman, while I'm sure Columbus is also happy with their captain .

Yes the Blues have neither Stewart or Shatty left but at the time when Stewart was traded for Miller and Ott the Blues looked primed to be a real contender. Ott stayed on a couple years and the Blues made it to the WCF. Shatty became one of the best offensive D-men in the league and getting Sanford who has played regularly with the Blues the end of the season / into the playoffs has paid off. Who knows how he will turn out but the Blues were great for years and given lots of potential in large part due to this trade.

Yes the Blues have neither Stewart or Shatty left but at the time when Stewart was traded for Miller and Ott the Blues looked primed to be a real contender. Ott stayed on a couple years and the Blues made it to the WCF. Shatty became one of the best offensive D-men in the league and getting Sanford who has played regularly with the Blues the end of the season / into the playoffs has paid off. Who knows how he will turn out but the Blues were great for years and given lots of potential in large part due to this trade.

I disagree. Our best trade was definitely Rundblad for (the pick to select) Tarasenko.

Palmieri for a 2nd and 3rd is probably the answer for NJ. Got a guy who has produced like a 1RW the last two years for two low picks.

Hall for Larsson is the other, but NJ obviously had to give up something valuable.

Probably the most underrated, though, has to be Gelinas for Colorado's third, which will be the first pick of the round. Gelinas is garb, and not even in the NHL, as I'm sure the Avs have come to realize.

Both Shero and Rutherford have made some great trades for the Pens the past decade so I have to say that I have been really happy with most of the deals. Most people will point to Kessel (which was great). Shero getting Matt Niskenan and James Neal for Alex Gologoski was crazy at the time and looks even better now. And I was happy with GMJR flipping Neal for Horny. Getting Trevor Daley for Rob Scuderi as well as Schultz for a 3rd rounder were both really smart in season trades last year.

...Assuming no pick trading because no guarantee that the player you traded to pick would be picked by another team.

For the Sens I'd say the Methot trade worked out pretty well, Methots been a quality top 4 dman since he arrived and a steady partner for our superstar dman, while I'm sure Columbus is also happy with their captain .

You cant talk about best sens deals in the last decade without talking about Turris for Rundblad.

No explanation needed here. Isles traded one decent prospect, a backup goalie, and career AHLer for a legit top pairing defenseman who excels in all zones and has yet to hit the prime years typical for defenseman.

This one can't be determined yet, but after Beau's 19 year old season as a rookie, a 1:1 swap of Beau for Reinhart would still be an exceptional trade and a steal for the Isles. Throw in Barzal who is one of the NHL's top 10 prospects and it could turn out to be one of the more lopsided trades in all of the NHL over the last 10 years.

As of right now, I'd rank 2 as the best, 3 as the second best with the potential to be the run away best trade in the next 3 years, and 1 as the third best.

The Sharp and Versteeg swindles that helped build the first cup team fall just outside the 10 year cutoff. So, for the Hawks that leaves the Cam Barker for Kim Johnsson and Nick Leddy deal. Even considering that Johnsson suffered a career ending injury ten games into his tenure, that deal still turned out to be gold. Honorable mention to Skille/Pacan for Frolik/Salak. And also the Morin for Panik deal.

The best trade I know off is the one with Gomez and Mcdonaugh, absolut robbery. For my Penguins, in terms of pure value its Neal/Niskanen for Goligoski, a robbery as well. But best trade in terms of how it worked out (for both teams actually) was the Kessel trade.